Chapter 2- Residents Rights

Question 0

Ombudsman

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Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person

Question 1

Involuntary seclusion

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Separating a person from others against his or her will, keeping the person to a certain area, or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent

Question 2

Representative

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Any person who has the legal right to act on the resident’s behalf when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself

Question 3

Treatment

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The care provided to maintain or restore health, improve function, or relieve symptoms

Question 4

CMS

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Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services

Question 5

OBRA

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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

Question 6

OBRA requires that nursing centers….

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Provide care in a manner and in a setting that maintains or improves each person’s quality of life, health, and safety

Question 7

What is a major part of OBRA?

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Residents rights

Question 8

Protect privacy by:

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• closing privacy curtains, doors, window coverings
• removing residents from public view
• providing clothes or draping the person to prevent exposure of body parts

Question 9

What violates a person’s rights to privacy?

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Leaving the person without a gone or bed covers.

Leaving the room door open when the person uses the bathroom or bedpan.

Question 10

Residents have right to make their own _______.

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Choices

Question 11

Personal choice promotes….. ________, ________, and ___________.

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Quality of life, dignity, and self-respect.

Question 12

Ombudsman services are useful when:

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• there is concern about a person’s care or treatment.

* someone interferes with a person’s rights, health, safety, or welfare.